picture

picture
noun
  1. a painting or drawing
    画，图画，画片
    draw a picture of a tree.
    画一棵树。
    ■a photograph
    照片
    we were warned not to take pictures.
    有人告诫我们别拍照。
    ■a portrait
    画像，肖像
    have her picture painted.
    找人给她画肖像。
    ■(archaic)a person or thing resembling another closely
    (古)酷似的人（或物）
    ■(figurative)an impression of something formed from an account or description
    (喻)情况，局面，事态；心目中的形象，印象，概念
    a full picture of the disaster had not yet emerged.
    该灾难的整体情况尚不得而知。
    ■an image on a television screen
    （电视屏幕上的）图像
    ■a cinema film
    影片
    the movie took five honours including best picture.
    该电影获得了五项荣誉，包括最佳影片奖。
    ■(the pictures)the cinema
    电影院
    I'm going to the pictures with my mates.
    我要跟我的伙伴们一块去看电影。
verb
  1. [with obj.](常作 be pictured)represent (someone or something) in a photograph or picture
    绘，画；拍摄
    ■describe (someone or something) in a certain way
    描绘，描述
    the markets in London and New York are usually pictured in contrasting terms.
    人们往往用对照性的语言来描述伦敦和纽约的市场。
    ■form a mental image of
    构想，想像
    she pictured Benjamin waiting.
    她想像着本杰明等待的样子。
常用词组
be in pictures
  1. (chiefly N. Amer.)act in films or work for the film industry
    (主北美)从影，演戏
be (或 look) a picture
  1. be beautiful
    漂亮
the big picture
  1. (informal)the situation as a whole
    (非正式)整体情况
get the picture
  1. (informal)understand a situation
    (非正式)了解情况
in the picture
  1. fully informed about something
    熟知，知情，知底细
out of the picture
  1. soas to be no longer involved; irrelevant
    不知情，不知底细
    hostages were better left out of the picture.
    最好不让人质知道底细。
a (或 the) picture of ——
  1. the embodiment of a specified state or emotion
    是…的化身（或典范）
    she looked a picture of health.
    她仿佛就是健康的化身。
(as) pretty as a picture
  1. very pretty
    非常漂亮
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Latin pictura, from pict- 'painted' (from the verb pingere)
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